1.9K views · 52 reactions | Today's Hawaiian #wordoftheday is: Hikina: (east) "Puka mai ka la ma ka hikina." (The sun rises in the east.) Learn more Hawaiian vocabulary at: https://oceanexplorer.noaa.gov/okeanos/explorations/okeanos-beyond-the-blue/ex2403/features/hawaiian-words/hawaiian-words.html | NOAA Ocean Exploration | Facebook

Throughout the Beyond the Blue: Papahānaumokuākea Mapping 1 expedition on NOAA Ship Okeanos Explorer, Native Hawaiian cultural liaisons Malia and Makoa will introduce words in ʻŌlelo Hawaiʻi (the Hawaiian language) that are connected to ocean exploration, starting with... Today's Hawaiian #wordoftheday: Moku (ship) "The name of this moku is Okeanos Explorer." (Developed in partnership with NOAA Ocean Exploration, the NOAA Office of National Marine Sanctuaries, Papahānaumokuākea Marine National M